DR. WILKINSON TO PARTICIPATE IN A PANEL DISCUSSION FOR A NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM ON YOUTH VIOLENCE

Dr. Deanna L. Wilkinson, an affiliate faculty member at the Center for Injury Research and Policy, an associate professor at The Ohio State University, and founder of the Youth Violence Prevention Advisory Board, will serve as a panelist for a discussion on youth violence in Columbus following the local premiere of the award-winning documentary film The Interrupters. The film, which tells the story of three former gang members who are actively trying to prevent violence in their hometown of Chicago, is scheduled to be shown at the Wexner Center for the Arts’ Mershon Auditorium on The Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio, at 7:00pm on November 9, 2011. Other panelists participating in the post-screening discussion include Eddie Bocanegra and Ameena Matthews, violence interrupters from Chicago, and Zak Piper, co-producer of The Interrupters.

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